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French-Style Beef Roast

Type: Meat
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

3 lbs 1362g / 48ozBoneless beef chuck or rolled rump roast
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt
1 tablespoon 15mlChopped fresh thyme leaves
  (or 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves)
1   Bay leaf
1   Garlic clove - cut into fourths (large)
6   Whole cloves
5   Peppercorns
4 cups 948mlWater
4 cups 440g / 15ozCarrots - halved crosswise (medium)
2 cups 125g / 4.4ozOnions - cut into fourths (medium)
2 cups 474mlTurnips - cut into fourths (medium)
2 cups 220g / 7.8ozCelery stalks - cut into 1" pieces (medium)

Recipe Instructions

Place beef roast, salt, thyme, bay leaf, garlic, cloves, and peppercorns in 4-quart Dutch oven; add water. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 2 1/2 hours.

Add remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer about 30 minutes or until beef and vegetables are tender. Remove beef; cut into 1/4-inch slices. Serve vegetables with beef. Strain broth; serve with beef and vegetables. This recipe serves 6.

Content per Serving:

calories .. 265 total fat .. 8 g calories from fat .. 72

protein .. 36 g cholesterol .. 105 mg carbohydrates .. 9 g

sodium .. 390 mg

Source:
BETTY CROCKER'S 125 LOW-CALORIE MAIN DISHES by General Mills, Inc. (c) 1992 - Prentice Hall, New York - 153 pages - $14.00 - As reprinted in the Jan/Feb, 1993 issue of Cookbook Digest

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